The
big story this week is the decision of the US Congress and Senate to
raise the debt ceiling. Did this really surprise anyone? Despite millions
of pieces of communication from their constituents to the contrary,
congressmen and senators voted by substantial margins to increase the
debt ceiling by up to $2.4 trillion. The House vote was 269 to 161.
The Senate vote was 74 to 26. Coincidentally, the amount of this increase
to the debt ceiling is now the largest debt-limit increase in US history--all
the rhetoric by politicians in DC that they are serious about “cutting”
federal spending notwithstanding.

At
this point, I think it is fitting to quote Congressman Ron Paul. Dr.
Paul is one of the very few people in Congress that has consistently
warned the American people about the foolhardiness of America living
beyond its means. Here are some excerpts from Dr. Paul’s statement
regarding the debt ceiling deal:

“This
deal will reportedly cut spending by only slightly over $900 billion
over 10 years. But we will have a $1.6 trillion deficit after this year
alone, meaning those meager cuts will do nothing to solve our unsustainable
spending problem. In fact, this bill will never balance the budget.
Instead, it will add untold trillions of dollars to our deficit. This
also assumes the cuts are real cuts and not the same old Washington
smoke and mirrors game of spending less than originally projected so
you can claim the difference as a 'cut.'

“The
plan also calls for the formation of a deficit commission, which will
accomplish nothing outside of providing Congress and the White House
with another way to abdicate responsibility. In my many years of public
service, there have been commissions on everything from Social Security
to energy policy, yet not one solution has been produced out of these
commissions.”

Congressman
Paul went on to say:

“What
should bother Americans most is that under cover of this debt ceiling
circus, we learned from a recent GAO one-time, limited audit that the
Federal Reserve secretly pumped $16 trillion into American and foreign
banks over three years. All of the Fed's fat cat cronies were taken
care of at the expense of the American public.

“To
put that into perspective, our entire national debt is $14.5 trillion,
and our annual deficit will be about $1.6 trillion, meaning the Federal
Reserve created and appropriated more than our entire national debt
to banks around the world in a few short years. We have been fighting
in Congress these past few weeks over raising our debt ceiling by $2
trillion, an amount the Fed secretly gave away to just one big bank.

“For
decades, politicians have promised future restraint in exchange for
hikes in the debt limit. We are always told that we must act immediately
to avoid a crisis. But time and time again, politicians reveal themselves
to be untrustworthy, and we soon find ourselves in a crisis being led
by the same folks who wish only to maintain the status quo.”

The
New American magazine just recently reported on the GAO report that
Congressman Paul referenced above. (Amazingly, the mainstream media
almost universally ignored this report!) TNA report began by saying,
“During a 2½ year period starting at the end of 2007, the
Federal Reserve provided more than $16 trillion in secret bailouts to
banks and other companies around the world, according to a government
audit of some of the U.S. central bank’s operations.

“Much
of the Fed's largesse was lavished on banks in Europe (such as Barclays,
left) and Asia, the audit revealed. More than $3 trillion, for example,
went to financial institutions in just five European countries. Trillions
more flowed toward some of the biggest banks in America. Institutions
from Brazil and Mexico to South Korea and Canada also benefited.”

And
while the US Congress and White House are enslaving us (and our posterity)
with certain financial bondage, and maybe even catastrophic economic
collapse, the US military is beginning to assume domestic law enforcement
responsibilities, contrary to the US Constitution and the Posse Comitatus
Act of 1878. Kurt Nimmo at Infowars.com broke this story:

“In
Homestead, Florida, Posse Comitatus is dead. The Air Force now responds
to civilian crime in the small city, population 30,000.

“‘Here
at Homestead Air Reserve Base we have the Crime Stop hotline that allows
anyone either on base or off the installation to anonymously report
a crime,’ explains the Homestead Air Reserve Base website. ‘If
you know of a crime that has been committed, if you see a crime in progress,
or if you see a suspicious person, vehicle, or situation that makes
you feel a crime may be occurring, call the Security Forces Crime Stop
Hotline.’

“‘Crime
prevention is everyone’s responsibility, the better informed we
are the safer we can make the installation and the surrounding community,’
said Lt. Juan Lemus, Security Forces Police Services Chief.”

The
problem with the good Air Force officer is that nowhere does the US
Constitution recognize the US military or federal agencies as having
law enforcement duties. In fact, the 10th Amendment states that anything
not specifically described as being federal responsibility is automatically
deemed to be State and local responsibility. Plus, the Posse Comitatus
Act of 1878 directly prohibits US military personnel from assuming law
enforcement duties. In short, the US Air Force in Homestead, Florida,
is egregiously violating the US Constitution and US law!

Nimmo’s
report also notes that this federal abridgment of local and State authority
is not confined to Homestead, Florida. He points out that things of
this nature have taken place in Kingman, Arizona; Tennessee; San Bernardino
County, California; Samson, Alabama; and in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The
report added, “The above represents just a small sampling of the
military violating Posse Comitatus. The Act was violated in earnest
following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The devastating storm proved to
be a beta test for military violations of the law.”

Plus,
I can tell readers that the US government is currently constructing
dozens of interrogation and detention centers all along America’s
northern border. I can tell you this because I have spoken with people
involved in the construction of these centers, and I have seen the classified
plans detailing the specifics of these centers (and, no, I will not
divulge my sources).

Pray
tell, what in the world does the US government have in mind by spending
billions of dollars to construct these facilities all along our northern
border with Canada? I live near the Canadian border, and I can tell
you that there is absolutely no problem with illegal aliens coming across
this northern border. So, why aren’t the feds constructing these
facilities across our southern border where there really is a problem
with illegal aliens? (Not that I would advocate or support such facilities,
even on our southern border.) I will let readers contemplate the implications
of all this for themselves.

These
reports tell us that bondage is coming at us from all directions! And
what is also obvious is that neither the Donkeys nor the Elephants in
Washington, D.C., have any intentions on doing anything to stop it--or
even slow it down! As I have been saying for quite some time, we must
stop looking to Washington, D.C., to save us. DC is not the solution;
DC is the problem!

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The
only hope for freedom is for individual states to rise in resolve and
determination for their own sovereignty, independence, and liberty.
And if your State will not take a stand now, with all that is happening
in front of our very eyes, I strongly suggest that you find a State
that will, because the debt ceiling debacle and the US military’s
violation of Posse Comitatus strongly suggests that it is growing very
late in the day for liberty in America.

P.S.
Let me remind readers that my constitutional attorney son and I have
collaborated on a new book that is available now! It is called, “Romans
13: The True Meaning of Submission.” For more information, or
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Chuck
Baldwin is a syndicated columnist, radio broadcaster, author, and pastor
dedicated to preserving the historic principles upon which America was
founded. He was the 2008 Presidential candidate for the Constitution Party.
He and his wife, Connie, have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Chuck and
his family reside in the Flathead Valley of Montana. See
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